This year India's defence purchase is expected to touch a staggering Rs 65,000 crore with the Bush Administration triggering an arms race in the subcontinent by offering F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan. In spite of confidence-building measures and a peace bus ready to ply, there is tension in the air.

Rivals Antony and Karunakaran turn bosom buddies to take on Oommen Chandy, adding yet another twist to the intra-Congress feud. That spells disaster for the UDF in the run-up to the assembly elections in 2006.

An exhibition of the first 25 paintings is on show after Parmeshwar
Godrej announced that the Godrej Group has joined hands with Husain to
back Cinema Ghar, the artist's museum for art and cinema in the city.

With 140 brands and a large chunk of the Indian market, Mallya is the world's second biggest liquor baron. More comforting for him is the control over Shaw Wallace, a company he got and lost 20 years ago.

She took over the creative reigns of the Versace empire after her brother Gianni was murdered in 1997. Donatella Versace was in Mumbai recently to pick the winner of Lakme Fashion House, a reality show on Star One, who gets to intern at Versace in Italy for six months.

The future of Sourav Ganguly is the question Indian cricket seems reluctant to address. India's most successful captain finds himself under fire for his stuttering Test batting and the impact it has on his leadership.